Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Remember how Buck fans used to love to spell Lloyd Carr's name with the emphasis on the L's in his name? They never missed an opportunity. And it was pretty funny...the first 6,000 times.

Well, with Tosu in a bit of a slump in the public eye after back-to-back bitch slappings in the BCS title game, I think it's time Michigan fans returned the favor. From now on, on message boards, in chat rooms and whenever you are forced to print or spell the name of the legendary Buckeye coach, make sure you do so with the new, proper correct spelling: TresseLL -- with two large L's at the end.

Now, before Buck fans remind us here at the MZone that Ann Arbor is still a whore and leave misspelled profanity-laced sentence fragments in the comments section frothing at the mouth that doing something like this takes a set of brass balls coming from a fan base that's lost four straight to the boys from Columbus, we have one thing to say:

Very clever. Except for the fact that the buckeye fans can laugh at the LLLLLLoyd because WE delivered those L's. Michigan saying it just makes you look like the little kid beside the big kid yelling "Yeah! What he said"!

"Michigan was one of only two states that lost population last year as fleeing job-seekers accelerated the state's population decline, Census estimates released today show.

Only tiny Rhode Island also lost population in the year prior to July 1, as Michigan's population plummeted by 30,500 last year, more than five times the loss in the prior year and echoing the devastating slump that hit the state in the early 1980s.

"It's pure economy," said Kurt Metzger, director of research for the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. "It just reinforces that one-state recession."

link to full article: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071227/METRO/712270389

Michigan is worse off than Ohio right now, so I'd watch what you say about it sucking to live in Ohio.

hmmmmgot any waterfalls in Ohio?how many lighthouses?how about a fresh water lock?what about wineries?or powdery sand beaches?how about the largest techno music scene on the planet?or an olympic training site?or a world renowned music school?

yeah.cuz it's allllll about the economy in Ohio. And the yahoos that live there.....

"And since you mentioned techno....did rock and roll start in Michigan?"

No, and it sure as heck didn't start in OHIO! Alan Freed claims to be the first person to call the music "rock and roll," but the music itself had been around a while before him, and the phrase "rock and roll" had been used well back into the 40s. You have one mis-placed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame connecting you to rock and roll's legacy, thats about it. (Oh, plus that WNBA team named the Rockers, only because the "Cleveland Suck" would have hit too close to home.)

I lived in Ohio ... and it does suck! Hence, my move back to Colorado.

Ohio_guy ... sandusky might as well be an extension of Michigan, because on any given day there are more michganders there than Ohioans. But to answer your question Michigan does have RCs (no, not record breaking though)

professional sports teams 4 all in one city (cleveland only 3 pro teams, c-bus 1 pro team, cinci-2 pro teams, but NO 4 pro team city in the state). One professional sport started in Ohio? Just because the NFL Hall of Fame is in BFE ohio doesn't mean the NFL started there

planes, no ... cars yes, which is more used by the average person on daily basis

light bulbs, no ... how about the cure to polio

walk on the moon, yes (first no)... how about all Apollo 15 crew from UofM

President 1, and he was a Michigan Alumnus and Football player

Universities, how many ... does this really matter ... MICHIGAN is above Ohio State in academics!

And just because the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland doesn't mean Rock and Roll started in Ohio ... go pay your $30 and go spend another day in the R&R Hall of Fame.

"Ohio_guy ... sandusky might as well be an extension of Michigan, because on any given day there are more michganders there than Ohioans"

um...this helps Michigan's case in what way? that's like saying: "you suck so bad that a shit load of our people go to your state for entertainment"...um yeah. And I know you have coasters, the point was that ours are much better. And Cedar Point isn't our only park with record breaking coasters.

"professional sports teams 4 all in one city (cleveland only 3 pro teams, c-bus 1 pro team, cinci-2 pro teams, but NO 4 pro team city in the state)."

you only have one city with a population over 200,000. So no shit that's where all the sports teams are. Ohio has 5 cities over 200,000

"One professional sport started in Ohio? Just because the NFL Hall of Fame is in BFE ohio doesn't mean the NFL started there"

yeah, but the thing is, the NFL actually did start in Ohio. Also, the Reds were the first pro baseball team.

Leave it to an OSU fan to rely on a "does your state have roller coasters" argument. Come to Ohio --we have roller coasters! Only an OSU fan would wear Cedar Point and roller coasters as some sort of merit badge. What a grade-A, royal douche.

Actually, I lived in Ohio for about seven years, so I speak from experience. All those things you mentioned? Definitely assets to your state. If not for the over-abundance of asshole tOSU fans who wouldn't know the meaning of class if a dictionary came to life and kicked them in the nuts it might be a nice place to live. A quick perusal of youtube will prove that your fanbase as a whole is one of the worst behaved in the nation. I tip my hat to people like Whets, who has class and can form a valid argument. Those who throw D cell batteries at opposing players and coaches, or those who berate Michigan fans who come to cheer their team on in Columbus are all too common. On many occasions I had friends, Buckeye fans, who had to intervene while I was watching games with them and minding my own business and got challenged to fights. For that reason I do not enjoy living in Ohio. Too many idiots for my taste.

As for yourself, you seem like a nice enough guy, and can definitely form an argument, so let me be the first to welcome you. If you stick around you'll see I'm a chronic smartass, have an overinflated ego, and would gladly be T9's kept man if only she could do math. But we do get each other's backs here, team affiliation aside, so don't take offense at people jumping to my defense. I just happen to be the asshole they know. :)

The current argument over which state is better reminds me of those "Bum Fights" videos from a few years back. That said, I have to side with ohio_guy.

Ohio has 3 decent (where by decent I mean they're not Detroit) big cities, they have a better economy,and their winters aren't as miserable. Both states have their pretty nature-type attractions and both have their fair share of uneducated rednecks. So they're equals in those areas. From my own experience, I can vouch that living in Columbus was like living in New York or SF relative to my current squalid existence in East Lansing.

I grew up in Michigan, went to U-M undergrad and law school, and then fled to Washington, D.C.

With all that being said, comparing cities in Michigan and Ohio is like comparing a turd and a turd wrapped in burnt hair -- they all are shit. Just my humble opinion. However, there is a reason why celebrities and professional athletes purchase luxuary homes in Traverse City -- it's gorgeous and the summers and Lake Michigan is glorious. That tips the balance to Michigan.

if an msu fan (whom you own big time) or psu fan (ditto) came up to you and started laughing in your face because you can't beat The Ohio State University, you'd think it's pretty pathetic - and it would be!!! They can't beat you, so they live vicariously through a team that owns you?!?! Losers! Ridiculous and pathetic for those PSU and MSU fans to have to stoop so low!

and somebody please get Spaldo his roid rage medicine. Jesus Christ. Title 9 brings up techno and wineries (sorry girl but you know i love you anyway) but we get called out for retorting with rollercoasters (admittedly weak)???Apparently reading things in context of the whole thread is a concept you haven't grasped yet.

Finally, it saddens me somewhat to see a supposed Michigan grad and law school student talk about the "luxuary" homes in Traverse City. I guess you were sick the day they taught spelling at Michigan.... I guess Nick Bakay would say "Education, advantage Ohio"

I think some of us missed the point on the OSU intentional misspelling of Lloyd. The number of L's comes from the amount of losses (1-6 vs. Tressel), so spelling Tressel with two L's (6-1 vs. Lloyd) looks pretty dumb, at least at this point in his career at Ohio State.

Lol, one little smartass comment and I get the Michigan v. Ohio v. the rest of the nation where would you rather live war. Man, you guys either need a drink or need to get laid. At the very least take too much cold medicine and spend some quality time with the bra section of a JC Penney catalog.

The only thing more pathetic than leading off a defense of your state by emphasizing roller coasters is commenting on the spelling habits of blog posters. I spell check 2nd Circuit briefs, not my blog posts.

Love the roid rage comment, as well as the educational barb. I'll admit over the last six years you have "owned" us on the football field. But please -- let's not even get into the educational arguments. You're an even bigger douche than Mr. hill billy roller coaster.

What Michigan fans don't know is that we were saluting Carr's Best years! It wasn't an insult like you think. In his thirteen years other than the undefeated season 2 loses was the pinnacle of Michigan football! He reached that lofty goal two whole times! The other ten years it was three to five loses per year. Carr, what a man, we will miss him.

Well done, that's fairly funny and well-deserved. I'm a Buckeye fan, but I'm not sure why people are getting their panties all in a bunch about this post.

All in all, turnabout is fair play, and this was something I hadn't heard before, so props to you for seeing it and bringing it up.

Now, I'll just sit back and watch Tressel start hanging L's on Rich Rodiriguez......we'll have to come up with something different for him, obviously(and I'm not a big fan of DickRod or DickFraud or whatever some of the idiots on our side stole from WVU).

Saying he runs "the Shred Offense" is the only one I've heard that's pretty good.

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